title: Behaviors related to physical activity and nutrition among U.S. high school students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  National data related to physical activity (PA) and nutrition among adolescents are needed to help develop effective obesity prevention programs. The 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS) was conducted to provide nationally representative data on behaviors and behavioral correlates related to healthy eating and PA.
  
  
  METHODS
  NYPANS used a three-stage cluster sample design to obtain data representative of public- and private-school students in grades 9 through 12 in the United States (n = 11,429). Students completed an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire in their classrooms during a regular class period. Trained data collectors directly measured the students' height and weight at school using a standard protocol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analyses revealed that 19.0% of students were obese and 17.8% were overweight. Students participated in a range of physical activities during the 12 months before the survey; prevalence ranged from 5.0% for ice hockey to 83.9% for walking. In addition, 52.5% of students enjoyed the physical education classes they took at school. During the 7 days before the survey, 74.8% of students ate at least one meal or snack from a fast food restaurant, with black students more likely than white and Hispanic students to have done so. Forty-one percent of students always or most of the time have a TV on while eating dinner at home.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These and other NYPANS results can be used to develop obesity prevention programs that address specific behaviors and behavioral correlates, and target subgroups in which behaviors and behavioral correlates related to obesity are most prevalent.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: NBrener@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Nancy D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Brener
authors.forename: Danice K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Laura K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kann
authors.forename: Tim S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kelley S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Scanlon
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: Terry P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: O'Toole
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Dietary behaviors; High school students; Physical activity